Beautiful Forms in Microsoft Excel. More examples.

Here are more examples for form designs in Microsoft Excel.
See pic below. The use of bold fonts in appropriate columns make this form easy to read at a glance. The simple yellow bar on the left highlights the important figures.

See pic below. With careful layout of columns and rows, this form can be replicated in Excel.

See pic below. A simple design that can be created with cell coloring in Excel.

Beautiful forms in Microsoft Excel Example

Entering data on thoughtfully and beautifully designed forms can be a pleasure! Look at these examples.

I loved this form because:

Bold and clear layout that is easy on the eye.

The form explained the underlying work process clearly at the beginning.

Straightforward and clearly marked sections that is easy to understand.

Instructions on how to submit the form was provided right at the end. The user wont have scan and search for it.

It makes me wonder why HR forms always seems more complicated and tedious than they actually are? Human resource folks please take a good look at this!

Here’s another beautiful form example.

Beautiful forms in Microsoft Excel

Entering data is one of the most common tasks performed in Microsoft Excel. That must the reason that Microsoft Excel 2007 has provided thousands of downloadable form templates. You can see them by clicking on the Office Button->New.

Sadly, few of them inspires me enough to take them seriously. While all of them are functional, none of them looked good. This is a typical ugly example:

I feel that entry forms in Microsoft Excel doesn’t have to be all clinical in boring blues and black. Why not inspire your users with good ideas like brighter colours and eye-freindly layouts. Think deeper into the entry process that makes business sense like highlighting useful instructions and highlight error entries. Think of creative ways to cut out the weariness of repeative entries.

There are many hard copy examples I can find which can be translated into Excel! Here are some. I will create a new blog section devoted to this topic. Do check in regularly.